Hello and thank you for stopping by. This is the start of week 5 of flower for this Gorilla Glue Auto from Auto Seeds. She is getting rock dense and packing on some decent amount of resin. The smell is musky with undertones of sweet coffee and cream. She is a heavy feeder as she is the only one out of my autos showing signs of deficiencies. I am preparing her a special tea that is high is phosphorus, potassium, and calcium to help her through these last few weeks. I gave her, her last top dress today. After her morning tea on Friday she will be using what's left in the soil then eventually the leaves. There is no need for me to flush with crazy amounts of water as there is no salts in my soil due to my organic style of growing. I will be only watering with 5% run off if that. I will do this until she is ready to harvest is 2-3 weeks
I added a tablespoon of the 444 to the feedings schedule. The 444 from Down To Earth has dolomite in the recipe which will supply the plants of plenty of calcium and magnesium for these later stages of flower.
The 484 has a lot of beneficial bacteria such as humic acid. Humic acid is a group of molecules that bind to, and help plant roots receive, water and nutrients. High humic acid levels can dramatically increase yields. Humic acid deficiency can prevent farmers and gardeners from growing crops with optimum nutrition. 484 is also containing seabird guano. Seabird guano dramatically increases both the quantity and size of blooms throughout the flowering period for all indoor and outdoor plants. Seabird Guano greatly enhances beneficial bacterial activity in the soil, and it makes an excellent tea or foliar spray when filtered.
The 444 has dolomite and basalt. Basalt brings in much needed micro-nutrients to deficient soils, and helps your plants uptake other nutrients. When your soils nutrients are out of whack, the uptake of one of more other nutrients may be effected. Dolomite Lime enriches soil with calcium and magnesium while helping to regulate and raise pH levels.
Mixing these two together is a great formula for these late stages of flower with some worm castings in the mix. Worm Poop well mixed into Coco improves soil structure. Worm poop as more humus than traditional compost or normal garden soil, worm poop increases the water retention in Coco, improves soil aeration and anchors plants nutrients that would otherwise leached away with water. Stay tuned next week as this girl is going to pack on some weight this week! โบ๏ธ
@Hydro_Hiebs, how we learn best. I got my fair share of damn it moments.๐๐ Also cutting back on nitrogen in late flowering helps better bud develop. Nitrogen can hinder bud development. Little chunk of knowledge I picked up just it is easier said than done. ๐๐